Urgent need of cash flow

• Introduction of a new emergency fund for self-employed workers (EUR 3,000, 3,500 or 4,000)
• Repayable financial aid to compensate for temporary financial difficulties caused by the COVID-19 crisis

Employment

• Short-time work during the economic recovery period (valid until 31 December 2020)
• Removal of border restrictions on movement
• Leave for family reasons
• Impacts on work relationships
• Self-employed workers from third countries currently in Luxembourg
• Teleworking for cross-border workers
• Measures concerning job seekers and contracts concluded with a job seeker
• Measures concerning the internal and external redeployment procedure
• Possibility to increase the working hours in core sectors of activity
• Measures taken for apprenticeships
• Suspension of the time limits laid out in the procedure for terminating an apprenticeship contract
• Certificate of leave for family support in relation with the fight against Covid-19
• Incapacity for work: suspension of the period of protection against dismissal
• Political leave: claim for reimbursement or compensation of hours of political leave for 2019
• New rights and obligations for employers and employees
• Incapacity for work and sickness benefits

 

Spreading of tax deadlines

• Cancellation of quaterly tax advances
• Postponement of tax deadlines
• Extension of the time limit for filing tax returns:
  
  • Filling in a tax return - for residents (taxation by assessment)
  • Filling in a tax return - for non-residents (taxation by assessment)

Administrative and judicial courts

• Suspension of time limits in judicial matters

Retail trade

• Temporary suspension of the effects of terminations of package travel contracts
• Removal of the subscription fee 2020 for Letzshop.lu
• Public procurement: which deadlines have been suspended?
• New platform for matching supply and demand for personal protective equipment

Export support measures

• Reinforcement of export and international development aid measures (ODL)

Social contributions

• Temporary measures concerning social contributions
  
• Leave for family reasons
• Social contributions: suspension of interest on arrears

Agricultural sector

• Precautionary measures and exemptions for agricultural activities
• Application for flat-rate financial assistance for agricultural/winegrowing businesses in the context of the Covid-19 crisis

Urban planning

• Suspension of expiry periods for building permits

Health sector

• Conclure un contrat d'employé de l'Etat à durée déterminée en tant que personne exerçant une profession de santé à titre libéral
• Free and temporary accommodation for cross-border workers in the health and care sector

 

Cultural sector

• Subsidies for cancelled cultural projects
  
• Short-time work for employees in the cultural sector
  
• Additional measures for independent professional artists and entertainment workers without regular employment (intermittent workers) within the framework of the COVID-19 crisis

HORECA sector

• Coronavirus: information and safety precautions for the Horeca sector
  

Management

• Power of attorney for conventional mortgages before a notary

Transport

• Measures in favour of professional drivers
• Scheduling an appointment for the purpose of registering a road vehicle
• Removal of border restrictions on movement

Health sector

• Free temporary accommodation for cross-border workers active in the health and care sectors
• Steps to conclude a fixed-term contract as a state employee for self-employed health professionals
• New procedure for declaring a need for palliative care

Hotel, restaurant and café sector (Horeca)

• Information and precautionary measures for the Horeca sector